Apple confirms Spectre and Meltdown flaws affected all Mac and iOS devices.
Apple confirms Spectre and Meltdown flaws affected all Mac and iOS devices. Apple warns iPhones, iPads and Mac computers hit by Intel flaw The Spectre or Meltdown microprocessor flaw leaves devices vulnerable to hackers and slows them down by up to 50%. Apple has confirmed an Intel glitch has affected all iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. The US tech giant said the processor flaws, known as Meltdown and Spectre, could leave millions of customers exposed to hackers. It emerged this week that developers have been trying to prevent hackers taking advantage of the flaws in microprocessor build by Intel and ARM . There has been no evidence so far the flaws have been exploited by hackers. However, as developers try to fix the flaws this is causing devices to slow down by up to 50% when performing computer tasks requiring a lot of storage or network usage. In a blog post, Apple said it had released software updates for iOS, its phone and tablets softw...
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